You dont need a … You dont need a list. Just use your brain and avoid anything MANmade, any food MAN artificially created/processed turns beings into artificially alienated obese BLOBS of oscure fat-flesh. Why? Because MAN is a failure and sucks at using his full potential. Have a BALANCED and reasonable mix of fruits, vegs, meat, eggs, nuts anything nature provides that grows, feels naturally evolved and “pure”, that’s all. No need for glycemic technobabble, its for the gullible. Oh and move your of course.

Watermelons may … Watermelons may well be high GI since it is supposed to be a measure of blood-sugar spiking not a metric for total carb-content. As pointed out, GI is an heuristic or “rule-of-thumb” and has a number of flaws. One of them being the existence of multple GI scales the other being that some foods have anomalous responses. There is some interesting info on the Wikipedia talk page for “Glycemic Index”. GI is handy for dieters but anyone with a serious health issue may want something more precise.

I am surprised … I am surprised watermelon has a high GI food. Yet I looked at some websites and it said watermelon doesn’t really have a high glucose blood level because of its relatively low carbohydrate. Thus watermelon is different from those high carbohydrate food like rice, nuts, etc…

That confusion … That confusion comes about because there are actually two glycemic indexes and they get mixed up sometimes. One of them used white bread as the standard (100) and the other used pure glucose as the standard (100).

The two indexes have been mixed up a bit depending on which website you go to.

Regardless, the index does not have to be perfect for you to use it. It’s simply a rule of thumb that works pretty good and if you eat lower GI foods, you blood sugar will be more stable.

this glycemic index … this glycemic index thing does not make total sense to me. the list you gave a link for shows chocolate cake with frosting as having a lower glycemic index than most of the fruits on the list. that doesn’t seem like a good guide to healthy eating…..

Natalie reminds me … Natalie reminds me of Dr. Henry Mankin perhaps the greatest orthopaedic surgeon in the world who had this intense desire to teach and knew how to teach it. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and having the gift of teaching it at a level where everyone can understand it. For some reason I think you will win the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing awareness of nutrition to the world.

It is very … It is very interesting to see that a very vocal “expert” on diabetic diets has gone “low catb”. See Mendossa-
Diabetes Update Number 114: Low-Carb of January 1, 2008.
Also he recommends Dr. Bernstein
Dr. Bernstein’s next LIVE Tele-Seminar is Wednesday, July 30, at 8:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM CST, 6:00 PM MST, and 5:00 PM PST.

Glycemic Index … Glycemic Index sounds real scientific- but is it ?
A retired Industrial chemist indicates the chemical flaws used by the researchers in their calculation of GI.
See GLYCEMIC INDEX- why it does not worK ?

However,Glycemic … However,Glycemic Load is based on DIRECT measurement of the glycemic response to a known weight of test food. No calculation or estimation of GI from apparent weight of contained CARBOHYDRATE is needed. Although the GI Researchers can’t or don’t want to understand this, it is a fact.

As a diabetic (28 … As a diabetic (28 years) with gastroparesis, I am so confused as to what to eat. Sometimes things with low carbohydrates and a low glycemic index do nothing to help me.
However, I really do appreciate this vid. There are so many type 2 diabetics who can benefit from this greatly!
Linds

(aside from refined … (aside from refined sugars) I cook mostly north indian food , which is mostly lentils, chick peas, and kidney beans (all low GI/GL), and I didn’t used to like them until I used indian masalas, (sub veggie broth for ghee and oil)

I’m a type2 … I’m a type2 diabetic and this info is a great source in reminding me to manage my sugars more closely. I enjoy finding quick tips and fun ideas from you. Keep up the fun and informative videos!!! and thank you!